Research in San Antonio
Science Explorer records 125 research institutions in San Antonio, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are The University of Texas at San Antonio, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center and Quality Research.
- Research institutions
- 125 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 105k ▲ 11% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 15.5% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in San Antonio?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science CenterUniversity | 31,660 | #1,028 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas at San AntonioUniversity | 20,608 | #996 | |
| 3 | Southwest Research InstituteNonprofit | 8,051 | #7,264 | |
| 4 | Trinity UniversityUniversity | 5,001 | #10,215 | |
| 5 | San Antonio CollegeUniversity | 3,868 | #17,022 | |
| 6 | Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical CenterHospital / health system | 3,708 | #17,299 | |
| 7 | Brooke Army Medical CenterHospital / health system | 3,574 | #10,224 | |
| 8 | Joint Base San AntonioGovernment institution | 3,354 | #11,330 | |
| 9 | Texas Biomedical Research InstituteResearch facility | 2,750 | #5,069 | |
| 10 | United States Army Institute of Surgical ResearchResearch facility | 2,271 | #17,842 | |
| 11 | Quality ResearchResearch facility | 2,245 | #4,269 | |
| 12 | University Health SystemHospital / health system | 1,713 | #11,014 | |
| 13 | United States Army Medical CommandGovernment institution | 1,560 | #19,594 | |
| 14 | University of the Incarnate WordUniversity | 1,497 | #8,086 | |
| 15 | South Texas Veterans Health Care SystemHospital / health system | 1,168 | #9,492 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University – San AntonioUniversity | 1,159 | #5,957 | |
| 17 | St. Mary's University, TexasUniversity | 1,129 | #15,024 | |
| 18 | Urology San AntonioHospital / health system | 922 | #14,436 | |
| 19 | San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumHospital / health system | 671 | #20,054 | |
| 20 | Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA HospitalHospital / health system | 609 | #25,038 | |
| 21 | Texas Plastic SurgeryHospital / health system | 583 | #29,655 all time | |
| 22 | 59th Medical WingGovernment institution | 534 | #22,864 | |
| 23 | Our Lady of the Lake UniversityUniversity | 480 | #21,910 | |
| 24 | Sylvana ResearchInstitution | 394 | #22,284 all time | |
| 25 | Texas Center for Infectious DiseaseResearch facility | 333 | #14,681 all time | |
| 26 | Incell Corporation (United States)Company | 304 | #21,464 all time | |
| 27 | SWOG Cancer Research NetworkResearch facility | 293 | #17,661 all time | |
| 28 | Baptist Health SystemHospital / health system | 287 | #31,003 all time | |
| 29 | South Texas Accelerated Research TherapeuticsResearch facility | 273 | #15,543 | |
| 30 | Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants (United States)Company | 185 | #15,740 all time | |
| 31 | Bexar County Medical Examiner's OfficeGovernment institution | 183 | #33,354 all time | |
| 32 | Children's Hospital of San AntonioHospital / health system | 180 | #33,799 all time | |
| 33 | Diagnostics Research GroupResearch facility | 144 | #29,668 all time | |
| 34 | Methodist HealthcareHospital / health system | 138 | #33,923 all time | |
| 35 | Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San AntonioHospital / health system | 138 | #13,525 | |
| 36 | Texas Diabetes InstituteResearch facility | 131 | #23,006 all time | |
| 37 | CHRISTUS Transplant InstituteHospital / health system | 124 | #25,354 all time | |
| 38 | Conceptual Mindworks (United States)Company | 123 | #36,574 all time | |
| 39 | Metrica (United States)Company | 119 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Medical Center Ophthalmology AssociatesHospital / health system | 111 | not ranked | |
| 41 | East FoundationNonprofit | 110 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory and ClinicHospital / health system | 104 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Texas Liver InstituteHospital / health system | 103 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Valero Energy (United States)Company | 100 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Christus Santa Rosa Health SystemHospital / health system | 96 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Peripheral Vascular AssociatesHospital / health system | 96 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Operational Technologies Corporation (United States)Company | 91 | not ranked | |
| 48 | San Antonio State Chest HospitalHospital / health system | 88 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Renal Associates P. A.Hospital / health system | 85 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Lackland Independent School DistrictUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 51 | KCI (United States)Company | 84 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Alamo CollegesUniversity | 84 | not ranked | |
| 53 | United Services Automobile AssociationInstitution | 80 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Methodist Children’s HospitalHospital / health system | 76 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Texas Endosurgery InstituteHospital / health system | 75 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Center for Health Care ServicesHospital / health system | 65 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Ear Medical GroupHospital / health system | 65 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Oblate School of TheologyUniversity | 65 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Integrative Health Technologies (United States)Company | 64 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Fertility Center of San AntonioHospital / health system | 61 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is San Antonio strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in San Antonio is most concentrated in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.3× the world share in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine).
- Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 108.4 works5.3×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 144.0 works4.3×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 261.4 works3.7×
- Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 72.8 works2.9×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
Which keywords describe research in San Antonio?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Risk Factors, Public Health, Quality of Life, Resuscitation and Mental Health.
- Terrestrial Planets
- Coagulopathy
- Solar Wind
- Health Outcomes
- Neuroinflammation
- Surgical Management
- Guidelines
- Neurological Disorders
- Resuscitation
- Biomarkers
- Complications
- Mortality
- Healthcare
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Quality of Life
- Deep Learning
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Depression
- Management
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Immunotherapy
- Chemotherapy
- Global Burden
- Aging
- Primary Care
- Trauma
- Sepsis
- Pathophysiology
- Quality Improvement
- Hemorrhage
- Solar System Abundances
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology1,088▲ 2.0×140 topics
- Inflammation435▲ 1.53×82 topics
- Machine Learning388◆ 0.87×90 topics
- Deep Learning352▼ 0.75×78 topics
- Public Health343▲ 1.73×72 topics
- Quality of Life339▲ 1.72×58 topics
- Mental Health330▲ 1.65×47 topics
- Treatment324▲ 1.95×52 topics
- Risk Factors311▲ 2.1×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress298▲ 1.33×61 topics
- Diagnosis266▲ 2.1×41 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease227▲ 1.50×39 topics
- Depression222▲ 1.85×26 topics
- Cancer217▲ 1.18×58 topics
- Management216▲ 2.0×36 topics
- Healthcare186▲ 1.21×38 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome185▲ 1.66×23 topics
- Mortality180▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Immunotherapy166▲ 1.70×19 topics
- Complications161▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Chemotherapy160▲ 1.67×25 topics
- Biomarkers158▲ 1.68×18 topics
- Global Burden149▲ 2.0×12 topics
- Resuscitation146▲ 8.2×4 topics
- Aging142▲ 1.93×18 topics
- Neurological Disorders141▲ 1.82×20 topics
- Primary Care136▲ 2.6×14 topics
- Guidelines132▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Trauma129▲ 4.7×11 topics
- Surgical Management125▲ 2.2×20 topics
- Sepsis124▲ 5.4×7 topics
- Neuroinflammation120▲ 3.1×6 topics
- Pathophysiology112▲ 2.7×11 topics
- Health Outcomes108▲ 2.9×8 topics
- Quality Improvement106▲ 4.0×8 topics
- Solar Wind87▲ 6.9×2 topics
- Hemorrhage84▲ 9.2×3 topics
- Coagulopathy78▲ 7.2×2 topics
- Solar System Abundances71▲ 11×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets71▲ 11×1 topic
What research is done in San Antonio?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 71 works
- 2 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 60 works
- 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 55 works
- 4 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 48 works
- 5 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 46 works
- 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 45 works
- 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 40 works
- 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 36 works
- 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 35 works
- 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 35 works
Research output over time
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